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REV. E. J. RUSTERHOLZ 
April 1903—July 1904 
Died July 24, 1904 



REV. GEORGE ZINN 
Aug. 1904—June 1905 
Now at Gallon, O. 



REV. GEORGE ULRICH 
Sept. 1905—June 1911 
Now at Amazonia, Mo. 

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(Continued) 



REV. PAUL GROSSHUESCH 
Sept. 1911—Dec. 1913 
Now at St. Paul, Minn. 



REV. JOHN H. BECK, 

Nov. 1917—Nov. 1918 
Died Dec. 19, 1921 



REV. ATHNIEL STIENECKER 
Jan. 1914—Nov. 1917 
Now House Father of the Mission 
House, Academy, College and 
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REV. EMIL BUEHRER, 
Dec. 1918 to present time. 





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THE CONGREGATION WHICH ATTENDED CHURCH MAY 13, 1923 



















Introduction 


The writing of this short history of the “First Reformed Church” 
of Green Ray, Wisconsin, is undertaken in the interest of the congre¬ 
gation’s “Twentieth Anniversary” celebration, June 13th and 17th 

This opportunity is taken to review the irmany struggles, labors 
and experiences this church passed thru during the last two decades, 
and to exhibit the providence and grace of God manifest in His church, 
as also the powerof His Word unto salvation. 

To live is to walk into the future; to write and read history is to 
sojourn in the past. The former we do by faith and hope, the latter 
by memory and knowledge. Blessed is that memory and knowledge 
which can reexhibit the past full of life and emotion—make the face 
to beam with radiance, the heart to feel, the mouth to speak; make cir¬ 
cumstances actual, scenes natural and facts true. History, as written, 
is often noting more than cold facts and full of dates, but the struggles 
of a small congregation during twenty years is more than that. It is 
hoped that in this history the reader may, in a measure at least, learn 
to look behind the veil and see more than mere names, actions and res¬ 
olutions of the congregation. The arms of the Lord embrace His 
church. The same Lord who uttered the parable of the mustard seed, 
teaching thereby the seemingly insignificant beginniing of the King¬ 
dom of God as well as also its mighty growth, has demonstrated be¬ 
fore our own eyes, that, however small and humble a church begins, 
where His Word and Spirit dwell there is present a germ of life 
which will manifest itself in due season. 

It is hoped that by this history the present members of the con¬ 
gregation m.ay learn to love their church more than before, and that 
in them may be born a greater zeal for the growth of the church both 
spiritually and numerically. All the friends of our church may be as¬ 
sured of our since/rest appreciation of every help given and every 
favor shown us in the past, and it is hoped that this history and 
the celebration of our “Twentieth Anniversary” will tend to further 
our mutual Christian fellowship. Particuar mention is here made of 
the French Presbyterian Church, the donators to and the advertisers 
in this history. 

The reader will find some errors in this work; some are due to 
lack of information, some to neglect in keeping up the records of the 
church books, etc. Some of the names may be misspelled. Some 
names are spelled two or three different ways; here the author has 
tried to ascertain the correct spelling. For errors that the author is 
rsponsible the readers is asked to padon the author’s falability. For 
any other errors the author assumes no responsibility. 

For whatever good this history may accomplish, give God the 
glory. “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.” 

THE AUTHOR, E. B. 


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The beginning of every church has its own peculiar story. Some 
churches are the outgrowth of revivals, some are the result of expan¬ 
sion, while others are started by families of the same faith, moving 
into a new locality. The latter is the case of our church. 

In the year 1902 the Krieger Saddlery Co. of West Bend, Wis., 
moved to Green Bay, and in consequence a number of families fol¬ 
lowed. Now most of these new families, including Mr. F. C. Krieger 
after whom the above company was named, were Reformed people, 
and were members of the Reformed Church of West Bend, whose min¬ 
ister at the time was Rev. C. Ruppert. The West Bend church was 
under the jurisdiction of the Milwaukee Classis, but Green Bay be¬ 
longed to the territory of the Sheboygan Classis, so a number of the 
pastors of the Milwaukee Classis called the attention of the Classical 
Mission Board of the Sheboygan Classis to the Reformed families 
which had moved to Green Bay. The Classical Mission Board at once 
took action and sent Prof. J. W. Grosshuesch to confer with the Re¬ 
formed families of this city. The result of the conference was the 
immediate arrangement for regular Reformed services for these fam¬ 
ilies. The Mission Board rented the French Presbyterian church 
(which then stood on Doty St. between Adams and Jefferson Sts.) for 
every second Sunday afternoon, and twice every month a minister or 
a student came up to conduct services. 

During the summer of 1902 these families worshipped in the 
French Presbyterian church every second Sunday. It soon became 
evident that in this way little progress could be hoped for. There 
were a number of reaons why: in the first place the little flock did 
not have its own shepherd; then services could be conducted only 
every two weeks in the afternoon; and further, the French Presby¬ 
terian church was not suitably located for our Reformed families. The 
Classical Mission Board realized the situation, and accordingy began 
to make provisions to station a missionary at Green Bay. A cali was 
sent to Rev. C. Ruppert of West Bend, the pastor of the Reformed 
church were our families had come from. However, Rev. Ruppert 
did not feel as tho he could leave his Charge, and declined the call. 
The Mission Board then on Apri 1, 1903, sent a call to Rev. E. J. Rus- 
terholz of Manitowoc. Rev. Rusterholz previous to this had served a 
number of charges, but had to give up preaching for a short season on 
account of ill-health. In order to regain health he moved to Manito¬ 
woc where his wife’s folks lived. He accepted the call and began, 
while still living in Manitowoc, to serve Green Bay every two weeks. 
Up to this time the families ihad not been organized into a congrega¬ 
tion; tho the women had organized a “Frauenverein” (Ladies’ Aid) 
as early as Oct. 1, 1902. iFive women were present at the first meet¬ 
ing and elected Mrs. F. Krieger president and Mfrs. J. Reichert secre¬ 
tary. Their rules were simple; they were to meet once a month, pay 
25c entrance-fee and 10c monthly dues; their lunches were to be 
simple and restricted. 

ORGANIZATION OF THE CONGREGATION. 

On Saturday evening, June 13, 1903, the following men met at the 
home of Mr. F. C. Krieger on 10th St. for the purpose of organizing 
the Reformed families into a congregation: Rev. E. J. Rusterholz, 
Messrs. F. C. Krieger, John Reichert, August Draheim, and Frank 
Kress. The meeting was opened with a devotional service. After 
much deliberation and meeting late into the night, it was finally vot¬ 
ed to organize under the name of “Evangelical Reformed Zion’s 
Church” of Green Bay, Wis. A constitution, previously prepared by 
Rev. Rusterholz, was presented and accepted with few alterations. All 
the members present signed the constitution. The following day it 
was signed also by Messrs. Herman Treviranus and Herman Scheibe. 
The number of members represented by these families brought the 

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communicant membership up to thirteen. A subcription list prepared 
by the pastor was circulated among the members to find out how 
much they coma contribute towards the minister’s salary c! iring Ihe 
following year; the amount subscribed was $59.00. 

This act of organization Rev. Rusterholz reported to the Classical 
Mission Board, and they brought the matter before the Sheboygan 
Classis at her next annual session held the same month at Kiel, Wis. 
The Classis confirmed the call of Rev. Ruteirholz as Classical mission¬ 
ary, and voted to station him at Green Bay. It was arranged that he 
should also serve the Peshtigo (now known as the Porterfield) church. 
His salary was to come from four different sources, but amounted to 
only $690.00 a year. On the 17th dtay of July, 1903, he moved to Green 
Bay and rented a house at 208 N. Webster Ave. From that time on 
the congregation had preaching services every Sunday with the excep¬ 
tion of the last Sunday of each month,which was devoted to Porterfield. 

THE NEW CHURCH. 

The first year was a very trying one, and great must have been 
the faith, courage and hope of Rev. E. J. Rusterholz and his little flock. 
Back of their courage and early struggles, should be remembered the 
prayers that must have ascended to the throne of grace for the wel¬ 
fare of Zion. However, success was soon to follow. The congregation 
was aware that it stood before this alternative: either they must give 
up the work, or build a new church. The former they did not want 
to do, and the latter they, being so few, could not do. They went to 
the Sheboygan Classis for help, and the Classis at a special ses¬ 
sion in Town Herman Sept. 30, 1903, voted to borrow the necessary 
money, and build a new church in Green Bay, which property was to 
belong to the Classis till the congregation should be able to buy it. 
A budding committee was appointed (Rev. D. W. Vriesen, D. D., Prof. 
J. W. Grosshuesch, Rev. E. J. Rusterholz, and Elder August Ecke) and 
this committee at once went to work. They bought the lot where the 
church property now stands for $900.00. They went to the architect 
Mr. H. A. Foeller to have a plan drawn for the new church. Mr. Joseph 
Foeller built the church at a cost of $1697. The church is 42 ft. long 
and 26 ft. wide, is built very simple but of good taste. The whole cost 
of the church with pews, pulpit, electric lights, etc. came to $2500.00. 
The work of the new church was begun after the 22nd of Oct., 1903, and 
would have been ready for dedication by Christmas had the pews and' 
windows arrived in time. By the middle of January the church was 
complete and on Jan. 23rd the building committee took over the build¬ 
ing from Mr. Foeller. On Jan. 24th, 1904, the church was dedicated. 
It is recorded in the church annals that the temperature on that day 
was 24 degrees beow zero. Despite the cold weather both the morn¬ 
ing as well as the evening services were well attendedi Rev. E. J. 
Rusterholz dedicated the church, and (the speakers of the day were 
Rev. L. W. Zenk of Manitowoc, Prof. J. W. Grosshuesch of the Mission 
House, Rev. C. Ruppert of West Bend, and Rev. C. F. Neitzel of the 
German M. E. church of Green Bay. 

THE NEW HOPES OF THE CONGREGATION 

How happy the members of the congregation must have been to 
think that the Lord had heard their prayers and given them a church to 
worship tin. On the first Sunday after the dedication the congregation 
celebrated the Lord’s Supper, and at these services four new members 
were received into the church. Mrs. Wm. W-intgens joined at that time. 
Up to May 22nd. thirteen others joined, bringing the membership up 
to thirty one. (Of these 31 only three are stilll members—iMr. Frank 
Kress, Mrs. Wm. Wintgens and Mrs. Bertha Kraft). The work now 
began to look very hopeful. The Sunday School which had previous¬ 
ly been begun, made rapid progress and now much better work could 
be done because of the new church. Also the Ladies’ Aid made some 
progress. 


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THE EARLY DEATH OF REV. E. J. RUSTERHOLZ. 

For a season the face of the Lord shone upon Zion, but only too 
soon did it hide itself “behind a frowning providence.” It pleased 
the Lord to call to his reward the faithful and hard laboring shepherd 
of the little flock on the 24th day of July, 1904. Rev. Rusterholz was 
afflicted with tuberculosis, and this disease made rapid progress in 
its last stage. However, his death was hastened by a heinorrage which 
occured Friday, July 22nd. He died peacefully in the Lord early 
Sunday morning July 24th. The congregation that longed to wor¬ 
ship on this Sabbath was left to mourn its shepherd. 

Rev. Rusterholz was born at Rluffton, Ohio. His father was Rev. 
H. Rusterholz. He received his theological education at the Mission 
House seminary, where he proved himself a very good student. In 
1897 he was ordained. Before he came to Green Ray he served con¬ 
gregations in Clay City, Ind., Orville, Ohio and Akron, Ohio. He 
was married to Miss Elsie Esch of Manitowoc. This union was 
blessed with two children. His labors were brought to a close at the 
early age of 28 years, 10 months and one day. 

THE PASTORATE OF REV. GEORGE ZINN 

Soon after the death of Rev. Rusterholz the congregation succeeded 
in getting a faithful pastor in the person of Lie. George Zinn, who 
graduated from the Mission House seminary in the spring of 1904. He 
began Ips pastorate August 21, 1904. Rev. Zinn at the time was single 
and boarded at the home of Mir. F. Krieger. He labored hard and was 
well beloved. His stay, however, was very short. He brought his 
labors in Green Bay to a close after ten months of service. Never¬ 
theless, in this short time the congregation made rapid progress, 
which is evident from the fact that during this short period eleven 
new members were received into the church, and during this period 
also a building fund was established, and it is recorded that the 
Ladies’ Aid gave the fair sum of $76.14 to start it. The consistory was 
also enlarged to two Elders and two Deacons. Rev. Zinn left Green 
Bay the latter part of June, 1905, and since 1914 (served Reformed 
churches at Alliance, Ohio and Norwood, Ohio. At present he is the 
pastor of our large First Reformed Church at Gabon, Ohio, which has 
a membership of 700 communicant members. 

THE SHORT VACANCY SUPPLIED BY REV. F. W. GOETSCH 

Immediately after Rev. Zinn left Green Bay the Classical Mission 
Board sought for a new pastor for this charge, and found Rev. 
George Ulrich, at that time pastor of a congregation in Ebenezer, N. 
Y., willing to take up the work. It was, however, impossible for him 
to move before the following September. In the mean time Rev. F. 
W. Goetsch was asked to serve Green Bay. Nothing is recorded of his 
service, since he served only as a supply pastor. Rev. Goetsch is now 
at Bradford, Ohio. 

REV. GEORGE ULRICH BEGINS HIS PASTORATE IN GREEN BAY 

On the first day of Sept. 1905 Rev. George Ulrich began bis pas¬ 
torate here in Green Bay. He rented a house at 1187 Willow St. and 
lived there until the present parsonage was built. He at once went to 
work with great zeal. The congregation had made worthy progress, 
but it still bad trying times before it. Many of those who had joined 
the church in the past two years soon moved away. Tho 56 members 
joined during Rev. Ulrich’s pastorate the membership did not increase 
in proportion, because more than 30 moved away during this time and 
5 joined other churches and a few died. This was unfortunate for our 
church and very discouraging for the pastor. Nevertheless, Rev. 
Ulrich labored with untiring energy and did what he could for the wel¬ 
fare of this charge. Two large problems were left for him to solve: 
the language question and the building of a parsonage. 

Up to this time all the services were conducted in the German 
language. Green Bay offered a peculiar situation. The German Re- 

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formed families were few, and some of these began to move away. 
Nearly all the other German families were either Catholic, Lutheran 
or Methodist. Rev. Ulrich recognized the situation and asked the con¬ 
gregation to adjust itself accordingly. The annals of the church show 
that as early as spring of 1906 a little girl came to the pastor with 
these remarks: “We kids might come to your Sunday School, if you 
had an English class.” This giril was of Danish parentage. In re¬ 
sponse thereto an English class was started. The children of this class 
brought others along and soon it became necessary to give more prom¬ 
inence to the English language in the Sunday School. The situation 
in our church soon became so different from that of any other church 
in the Sheboygan Classis. Most of our German churches that became 
English, did so because the German families neglected their German. 
This is not the cause why this church had to become English. The 
membership of the church at this present writing is composed of 
more than seven different nationalities and only a very few members 
of the congregation are still able to speak the German without diffi¬ 
culty. From the year 1906 until the end of Rev. Ulrich’s pastorate 
also half of the church services were conducted in the English 
language. 


The congregation had now igrown to the extent that the time was 
at hand to have a parsonage, and accordingly the Sheboygan Classis 
was petitioned to build one. Classis at a special session Sept. 13, 
1906, voted to build a parsonage at Green Ray. A building committee 
was appointed, composed of Prof. J. W. Grosshuesch, Rev E. G. 
Krarnpe, Rev. O. Engelmann, Rev. Geo. Ulrich and Elder Mr. Vickers- 
berg. The contract wias given to Nitz & Meiisfer at the cost of $2097. 
The parsonage all complete cost $2500.00. The money was at first 
borrowed from the Kiel bank at 6 % interest, but later from Mr. H. 
Goethe at 5%. Dec ; 29, 1906, the pastor and his family moved into the 
new house. 


As special work of this period can be mentioned: the incorpor¬ 
ation of the congregation in 1906, building of the sidewalk and the 
platform in front of the church, organization of the Young Peoples’ 
Society, the purchase of 18 Reformed Church Hymnals, baptisms 27, 
persons confirmed 34, received 22. Special mention must be made of the 
Sunday School, for during Rev. Ulrich’s pastorate the Sunday School 
began to flourish. He was a great friend of children, and he worked 
hard to win them for the Sunday School. He himself kept the records 
and always knew Who was there. If any missed he would call on 
them the following week and asked for the cause of their absence. 

For the sake of comparison the income and expenses of the church 
during the last year of Rev. Ulrich’s pastorate are here given. 


INCOME 


Collections__$44.29 

Dues_ 161.00 

Total_$205.29 


EXPENSES 


Current expenses_$55.92 

Towards pastor’s salary__140.00 

Total _ $195.92 


The latter part of June, 1911, Rev. Ulrich brought his services in 
Zion to a close. He wrote at the time: “May the Lord bless Zion 
and give her good success.” Since he left Green Bay he has served 
the following congregations: Sherwood, Ore., 1911-1915, Burr Oak, 
Iowa, 1916-1919, LaCrosse, Wis., 1920. At present he is pastor of the 
St. Johannes Reformed Church at Amazonia Mo. 


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REV. PAUL GROSSHUESCH’S PASTORATE 
(Sept. 11, 1911 to Dec. 28, 1913). 

This charge was vacant from June until September. During this 
period a number of neighboring pastors of the Sheboygan Classis 
kindly assisted, and by their help it was possible for this church to 
have services every second Sunday. In this same year Licentiate Paul 
Grosshuesch, son of Prof. J. W. Grosshuesch, finished his post-gradu¬ 
ate course at the McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago. A 
year previous to this he had graduated from the Mission House Sem¬ 
inary of the Reformed church. The Mission Board sen! a call to him 
and he accepted. On the 11th day of September, 1911 he w r as ordained 
minister of the Gospel and installed in this charge. The ordination 
and installation committee was his father, Prof. J. W. Grosshuesch, 
Rev. Edward Worthmann, his former class-mate, and Elder Klumb of 
Rev. Worthmann’s congregation of Kaukauna, Wis. 

The congregation rejoiced to receive this young and gifted shep¬ 
herd, who, having just come from school, was full of ambition and 
zeal. His field of labor, however, w T as not an easy one. There were 
many difficulties under which he had to labor. The work of the min¬ 
istry caiinot always be told in bright pictures. There is the regular 
work—the constant preaching of the Gospel, managing the work of 
the Sunday School, the religious instruction of the youth, the pastoral 
oversight of the flock, etc. w'hich the reader should keep in mind. 
What is accomplished by the pastor in this quiet way of working, is 
often not enough known by the congregation, and difficult for the his¬ 
torian to discover and record. However, the history of a church is 
not the record alone of the labors of the pas/tor, but also of the life and 
labors of its members. In this period, as w T ell as in others, should 
be remembered the faithfulness and labors of some of the members. 

The pastorate of Rev. Grosshuesch was too short for the future 
welfare of this congregation. It came to a close after a little more 
than two years of service. During this short period the following 
progress is here recorded: ten persons w^ere confirmed, eleven others 
were received into the church, there were 12 baptisms, the parsonage 
was painted, the Duplex Envelope System was introduced, the Young 
Peoples’ Society began to have evening services every Sunday with a 
program of the nature of Mission Study Glass, the Ladies’ Aid began 
to pay off annually $100.00 on the church property debt, and the 
Young Peoples’ Society and the Sunday School also undertook to pay 
annually towards liquidating this debt. 

On Sept. 21, 1913, at a meeting of the Consistory Rev. Grosshuesch 
tendered his resignation as pastor of this charge to go into effect Jan. 
1, 1914. Here are given some reasons for his resignation, that the 
readers may know the state of the church at the time. 

FIRST—He had received a call from the First Reformed church 
at Wausau, Wis. 

SECONDLY—The wider sphere of labor at Wausau. 

THIRDLY—The limited field of labor at Green Bay, making the 
prospects for the future existence of the congregation very uncertain. 

During his pastorate Rev. Grosshuesch learnt to know’ Miss Oleta 
Rolewitch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rolewitch who has since 
become his helpmate. They were united in marriage a little more than 
a year after he left Green Bay. During his stay Rev. Grosshuesch 
lived in the parsonage, and for one year his brother Clavin stayed 
with him. 


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The financial status of the chuch during the last year of Rev. 
Grosshuesch’s pastorate was as follows: 

RECEIPTS DISBURSEMENTS 

Collection ---- $ 51.93 Current Expenses_$ 62.69 

Dues -- 169.00 Towards pastor’s salary_160.00 

Total-$220.93 Total_$222.69 

Rev. Grosshuesch preached his last sermon here on Dec. 20, and 
his public services came to a close with the annual meeting of the con¬ 
gregation held Dec. 28, 1913. His next charge was Wausau, but his 
stay was very short—(1914-1915). At present he is pastor of the 
“Friedens Reformed Church” of St. Paul, Minn. 

PASTORATE OF REV. ATHNIEL STIENECKER 
Jan. 1914 to Nov. 1917 

Before the consistory accepted the resignation of the former pas¬ 
tor, they prevailed upon him to help obtain an immediate successor. 
Rev. Athniel Stienecker who at the time was pastor of the Reformed 
church at Loveland, Colorado was invited to come, and he accepted 
the invitation. He took up his work the first part of January, 1914. 
That his call was not to a field of labor full of roses and flowers of 
glorious hues and sweet fragrance, can be judged from the reasons the 
former pastor gave for resigning. The patience of Job is essential for 
a successful (ministry. This state of things was not due to the fact that 
there were no families in the congregation who were zealous for the 
welfare of the church: on the contrary the new pastor found such 
families that like Aaron and Hur were willing to stay his hands that 
he might prevail. Besides the small percentage of protestantism in 
this city, the peculiar relationship existing between this charge and 
the Mission Board and Glassis 'added greatly to the difficulty of the 
work here. 

Rev. Stienecker began his pastorate with courage, and in all his 
work he was always conscientious. Especially with the young peo¬ 
ple did he and his wife find more favor. While the church did not 
grow very much numerically, it did tho in other respects. Previous 
to this time the total benevolences of the congregation amounted to 
only $480.00, but during his pastorate it amounted to $340.00. In the 
way of church finance the congregation made progress. The pastor’s 
salary was raised $100.00, and in 'the year 1916 the congregation voted 
to pay off $600.00 on the church debt. On Nov. 2, 1916, an attempt was 
made by the Sheboygan Glassis to induce this congregation to take 
over the church property at its offer of $5350.00. The result of this 
conference was, that the congregation voted without signing any pa¬ 
pers or making any specific arrangements as to payments, to pay the 
Board of Church Erection Fund as much as it can, whenever funds are 
available, towards the total amount of $5350.00 without interest, after 
the payment of which, the deed, of the church property be transferred 
to this congregation. 

Here may be mentioned as special work of this period; the organ¬ 
ization of the Women’s Missionary Society (see article on this society), 
the enlarging of the Consistory to three Elders and three Deacons, 
changing the Young People’s Society to a Christian Endeavor Society, 
the introduction of the Every Member Canvas, confirmation 12, recep¬ 
tions 2, and baptisms 22. 

The financial standing during the last year of Rev. Stienecker’s 
pastorate was as follows: 

RECEIPTS DISBURSEMENTS 


Dues_ $402.85 Towards Pastor’s Salary_$310.00 

Collection __ 69.72 Current Expenses _ 105.78 


Total 


$472.57 

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Total 


$415.78 














At the close of Rev. Stienecker’s pastorate the seeming prophetic 
remarks of the former pastor in his resignation almost came to be a 
fact. A number of times some of the families of the congregation were 
approached' with the question whether or not it might be advisable to 
dissolve as a congregation, and that a part of the members join the 
East Side Moravian church and the rest the Presbyterian church. The 
question, however, did not find favor with the members, for most of 
them said, that ias long as it would be possible to keep up our church, 
they would remain true to it. 

On the 28th day of September, 1917, Rev. Stienecker resigned to 
follow a call he had received from the St. John’s Reformed church at 
Archbold, Ohio. He left during the next month. Since Rev. Stieneck¬ 
er left he served the Archbold charge, and is now Housefather at our 
Mission House academy, college and seminary. 

THE TEMPORARY SUPPLY OF REV. JOHN BECK 
Nov. 1917 to Nov. 1918 

After the (Mission Board received the resignation of Rev. Stieneck¬ 
er it immediately began to make provisions for this charge. Tho it 
was unable to find a pastor for the place, it found in Rev. John Beck, 
who had retired from the active ministry, a worthy shepherd to take 
over this field as a supply pastor. He was able to take up the work 
immediately after Rev. Stienecker left. By his fervent preaching, as 
an old ambassador of the Lord, and; by his fatherly care of the lambs 
and the' sheep, the dark cloud, which had gatered over this church 
began to scatter. The providence of the Lord placed him here to feed a 
small flock and comfort a people in the time of war, and he found a 
place in the hearts of all the people both young and old. Considering 
the short time he was here, his labors were not without much fruit. 
During this one year of service eleven members were received into 
the church. He left at the time when the ‘flu’ was doing its ravaging 
work here as will as elsewhere. 

While Rev. Beck served here he lived in the parsonage all by him¬ 
self. That it must have been lonesome for him at the advanced age 
of 72 years to be all alone seems evident. Shortly before he left he 
received a letter from his daughter in Colorado in which she urged 
him to come and live with her, lest something might befall him in his 
old age so far away from his own people. The Lord opened the way 
that he could go. He left for Loveland, Colorado, during the month of 
November 1918. From that time until his death he lived with his 
daughter. The Lord called him to his reward rather suddenly Dec. 19, 
1921. His life came to a close after 48 long years of service in the 
church. One week before his death he preached his last sermon on 
Christ’s great commission Matt. 28:19'. He had a great zeal for the 
Kingdom of God among the heathen, and when the Lord called two of 
his sons to become missionaries in China his heart and prayers went 
with them. 

THE CONDITION OF THE CHURCH AT THE END OF 1918. 

From the history thus far it will be impossible for the reader to 
form a clear picture of the actual conditions in the congregation at the 
end of the above pastorates. The progress and the increases during 
the various periods are recorded, but because of the lack of informa¬ 
tion in the church records, it was impossible to state at the end of any 
particular period the actual status of the congregation at the time. 
Now at this time the reader might be anxious to know how things 
stood at the close of the year 1918, just before the present pastorate 
began. 

Tho up to this time 155 persons had joined the church, only 70 
names were still left on the membership list, and 5 of these had to be 
canceled because these persons had drifted away from the church. 
The Sunday Shool had between 40 and 50 names on its roll. The C. 

E. Soiety, however, was well established with about 25 members. 

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The congregation while it had a church to worship in, and a house 
for the pastor, did not own any property. The it had some very ac¬ 
tive members who labored to the ibest of their knowledge and ability, 
little hopes for the future welfare was entertained by many outside of 
the church. The Lord will remember such whose faith did not waver 
and whose hands did not sink into their laps with discouragement. 
The only person the author met at this time, who had a word of hope 
for Green Bay, was Josias Friedli, then general secretary of the Home 
Mission Board. Tis word was spoken, the reader may be assured, in 
all sincerity, and not as flattery to induce the present pastor to go to 
Green Bay. Tho the congregation enjoyed a temporal revival with 
the ministry of Bev. Beck, it was, as yet, not evident whether the re¬ 
vival was not such as patients suffering from a long and fatal sickness 
often experience shortly before their death, or whether the church 
had now passed the crisis safely. 

A word might be said about Porterfield. The situation there was 
worse than at Green Bay. Only 8 families held together and wor¬ 
shipped once a month either in one of the homes or in the old church, 
the log-cabin, a picture of which will be found in this history. 

THE PRESENT PASTORATE OF REV. E. BUEHRER 
(Dec. 1918 to Present Time) 

“God Moves in a mysterious way 
His wonders to perform.”—Gowper. 

Not only did the congregation pass thru a dark period, but also 
its present pastor had to be led over unknown roads of disappoint¬ 
ments before the present work in this church could be accomplished. 
In the early part of 1918 he was elected missionary to Japan. In June 
of the same year he left his promising field of labor at Oshkosh. All 
arrangements had been made to leave for Japan in August, but one 
week before that time the government, refused a pass-port. His re¬ 
lationship with the Boardi of Foreign Missions had to be dissolved and 
he was left to look about for a charge. History repeats itself. The 
Lord humbles his servants to the extent that they learn to sing: “I’ll 
go where you want me to go, dear Lord.” A small flock that had 
passed ithru many trials and a humbled pastor was the Lord’s new 
combination. 

During the time of Rev. Beck’s supply the Board of Home Mis¬ 
sions sought for a pastor for this charge. At the meeting of Central 
Synod held at Sandusky, Ohio, Rev. Jos. Friedli, general secretary of 
the Board, met Rev. E. Buehrer and asked him to go to Green Bay to 
look the field over, and if he found! it favorable, he should go there to 
take up the work. On armistice day he left for Green Bay. On his 
way he contracted the ‘flu’, and upon his arrival was ordered to the 
hospital by the doctor. The Sunday on which he hoped to preach his 
trial sermon was spent in the hospital. However, by the next Sunday 
he had recovered sufficiently to enable him to preach a very short ser¬ 
mon. He was received very kindly by the members of the congrega¬ 
tion, and he promised them to come back to be their pastor. About 
the middle of December he returned with his family to take up the 
work as regular pastor of this charge. 

The writer of this history would now prefer to lay down his pen, 
that another might write the life of this congregation during his pas¬ 
torate. Since this, however, is impossible, he begs the reader that, 
if he sees any progress during this period, he should give none other 
than God the glory. It remains true what the apostle Paul has said: 
“So then neither is he that planteth anything, neither he (that water- 
eth; but God that giveth the increase”. I Cor. 3:7. This present 
pastorate was but an earnest endeavor to preach, teach and obey the 
oracles of God, with a simple but (firm trust in the prophecy which 
God gave us by the mouth of Isaiah: ‘IMy word—-that goeth forth 
out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accom- 

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pish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto l 
sent it.” “They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.” 

The new pastor was soon aware that great projects were awaiting 
solution. His policy, however, has always been—one thing at a time, 
and that pursued thoroughly. What needed his first attention be¬ 
sides the regular work of the ministry, was the reorganization of the 
congregation at Porterfield. This was done during the first months 
of the year 1919. After this work had been completed, prospects began 
to look favorable for the building of a new church at Porterfield. As 
early as the month of May of this same year the people and the pastor 
took opportunity by her forelocks and began to make plans for the 
building. Tho there were only eight families, this work was immedi¬ 
ately undertaken. The work cn the building was started during sum¬ 
mer and had not the cold weather set in unusually early, the church 
woud have been ready for dedication by Christmas. The church in 
the main is 32x44 ft. The plan was drawn by the pastor and the 

trustee supervised the work. It cost $7000.00, and $2000.00 of this 

amount was paid off the first year. At the time of this writing there 
is left a debt of about $3500.00. (A picture of the church appears 
in this history.) 

During this same year the church in Green Bay was redecorated. 
Also some improvements were made in, the church, and in the parson¬ 
age the electric lights were installed. All this was done at the low 

cost of about $235.00. Here is further mentioned as special work of 

this sapie year; the purchase of a Starr piano by the Christian En¬ 
deavor Society, the introduction of a three year’s course of catechati- 
cal instrution for the catechumens, according ,to which children are 
to start at the age of eleven. During this same year also the name of 
the congregation was changed from “Evangelical Reformed Zion’s 
Church” to “The First Reformed Church” of Green Bay. 

Already in the year of 1919 steps were taken to purchase the 
church property. At the Classical session of 1919 an effort was made 
to obtain a definite offer frcan the Classis. It was there voted to offer 
this property ifor the sulm of $4/300.00 with the understanding that the 



PICTURE OF THE CHURCH AND PARSONAGE. 
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Board of Church Ereciton Fund transfer over to this church the loan 
of the above amount which it had made to Classis,said loan to be with¬ 
out interest. This matter was taken up at the next annual meeting 
of the congregation, and finally voted on April 18, 1920. The proper¬ 
ty was then legally transferred, and the congregation immediately 
made its first payment of $500.00, leaving a debit of $4300.00. A long 
cherished hope of both the Classis and the congregation was now ful¬ 
filled, and the purchase of the property marks a new era in the his¬ 
tory of this church. 

The next 'step .to be taken was to prepare a new constitution. This 
work was done by the consistory. The congregation accepted it May 
10, 1920. At this same meeting of the congregation also the articles of 
incorporation under the new name were accepted. These articles 
were then filed Dec. 7, 1920. 

The year of 1921 and a part of 1922 imay appear to have been 
rather quiet, but they mark a period of great importance. The lay¬ 
ing of a good foundation is generally attended with little outward 
show. To observe the work of this season, the reader must pause 
and search. What will he find? A struggle after a certain ecclesias¬ 
tical goal. While this goal was not reached with one bound, it has 
since been carried out. To avoid unnecessary expenses and offices 
in the church and to prevent the destruction of the individuality 
of the .ministry, the church has taken this position!— it 'recognizes, 
that the institutions of our denomination are the property of the sum 
of the individual churches, and that each individual church should ac¬ 
knowledge its obligations according to its organic relation, and per¬ 
form proportionally such obligation thru the proper channels of our 
church organization. The idea of congregation must retain its prom¬ 
inence; the organizations in it are only specific activities of the con¬ 
gregation. 

The result of this has been—a. the church has since paid its full 
quota set by Classis, each institution receiving its proportional amount; 
b. a central missionary treasury has been established thru which all 
benevolences flow; c. the Women’s Missionary Society has taken over 
our Foreign Mission quota, and the C. E. Society our quota for Min¬ 
isterial Relief, Indian Mission, and Education, and the Sunday School 
our quota for the Orphans’ Home. 

During the year of 1922 a number of improvements were made 
on the church property. Some repairs were made on both buildings. 
The church and the parsonage were painted, and all the rooms in the 
parsonage with the exception of one were decorated. The total ex¬ 
penses amounted to more than $450.00. 

To complete the record of the present pastorate mention is here 
made that during this period 14 children were baptized and 14 were 
confirmed; 26 adults were received into the church by letter and con¬ 
fession. All that were confirmed and received are still members. 

Here is given a review of the financial standing of the congrega¬ 
tion at its present age. 

BENEVOLENCES 

Home Mission _$64.00— 

Foreign Mission_ 64.00—$56.00 of this was paid by the W. 

Mission House __64.00 M. Society 

Orphans’ Home__ 28.00—This was paid by the S. School. 

Ministerial Relief _ 8.00—This was paid by the C. E. Society 

Education__ 8.00—This was paid by the C. E. Society 

Indian Mission_ 16.00—This was paid by the C. E. Society 

Home of the Aged_— 8.00— 


Total__ $260.00 

—Receipts and Disbursements of the Church. 

On Hand _ $202.25 General Expenses_1_$171.71 

Collections Collections _ 83.28 Pastor’s Salary - 450.00 

Subscriptions _ 805.01 Painting and Repair- 459.17 


Total 


$1090.54 

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Total 


$1080.88 














RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS OF THE CHURCH 


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$202.25 

$888.29 

$1090.54 

$893.71 

$196.83 

Church-Mission 


144.00 

144,00 

144.00 

Sunday School _ 

39.74 

112.10 

151.84 

100.32 

51.52 

S. S. Fund _ 

11.44 

98.32 

109.76 

5.00 

104,76 

Women’s M. S._ 

70.27 

60.75 

131.02 

56.00 

75,02 

Ladies’ Aid _ 

247.79 

142.28 

390.07 

132.03 

258.04 

C. E. Society_ 

15.02 

20 30 

35.32 

17.00 

18,32 

C. E. Mission Fund 

7.54 

40.40 

47.94 

32,00 

15,94 

Totals .. 

. $594.05 $1506.44 

$2100.49 

$1361.06 

720.43 


One of the last actions of the Congregation 
One of the last important steps that the congregation took before 
it brought its two score years to a close, was to consider the possibil¬ 
ity of becoming a separate charge. Thus far Green Ray and Porter¬ 
field were served by one pastor. Now, however, both congregations 
have grbwn to the extent that each one should have its own resident 
pastor. Un June 3, 1923, the congregation met in special session and 
took the following action.—Be it resolved that we petition the She¬ 
boygan Classis as follows: 

Green Bay, Wis., June 3, 1923 

To the Honorable Sheboygan Classis:— 

Since the work of this charge (Green BaynPorterfield) has grown 
to the extent that both congregations now feel that the time is at 
hand for both to become seperate charges, we therefore, the First Re¬ 
formed Church of Green Bay, do herewith petition the Honorable 
Sheboygan Classis to take immediately such steps as are necessary to 
declare this congregation a separate charge. 

We petition further: That Classis recommend that the Honora¬ 
ble Board of Home Missions assist this congregation, when it becomes 
a separate charge, to the extent of $550.00 a year; and until adjust¬ 
ments can be made both here and at Porterfield that the present sup¬ 
port of Green Bay-Porterfield be continued, which support is $550.00 
a year. 

Respectfully, the First Reformed Church of Green Bay, Wis. 

The possibility of becoming a separate charge depends upon 5 
things: 

a. what action the Classis will take, 

b. whether Porterfield can be taken care of, 

c. whether the Board of Home Missions will pay $550.00 towards the 
pastor’s salary in Green Bay. 

d. whether the Board of Church Erection Fund will loan Porterfield 
$3500.00 to build a parsonage. 

e. ;\\ ^(either the Board of Home Missions will pay $700.00 towards the 
pastor’s salary at Porterfield. 

If these conditions can be met, then this congregation will be a 
separate charge in the near future. Our trust is in God—may we not 
wait on Him to provide in His own appointed time! 

For the growth of the church unto its present stature, all honor 
belongs to God. However hard the pastors and the members inav 
have labored and struggled, the increase, tho, came by the Lord 
Only they that sow in faith can await fruit, and “Except the Lord 
build the house, they labor in vain that build it.” Ps. 127:1. The 
historian can not lay down his pen without telling the reader, that 

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there are many names in the annals of the congregation that are 
worthy of tribute and mention in this history; persons who served as 
Elder, as Deacon or filing some other office in the church, Sunday 
School, or some society; persons whose hope was in God, whose 
prayers did not cease, whose hands were not idle and who continued 
faithfully, tho the income in most cases was small, to contribute the 
to the welfare of the church. While their names do net appear on 
these pages, we trust that they are “Written in the Lamb’s book of 
life’’, and that their prayers and alms have come before God. Lest 
readernright think too well of this church, he is reminded that 
this church is not of ‘wheat’ only, but that it has also its ‘tares’, for 
which may the Lord have mercy upon us. Our spiritual life is in its 
infancy, and we are still in need of milk, for we “Have need that one 
teach us again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and 
are such as have need of milk, and not of Strong meat.’’ However, 
we long “To come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of 
the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of 
the fulness of Christ: that we henceforth be no more children, tossed 
to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the 
slight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to de¬ 
ceive; but speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all 
things, which is the head , even Christ: from whom the whole body 
fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint sopplieth, 
according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, mak- 
eth increase of the body unto the edfying of itself in love.” Eph. 4:13-16. 


Here the history is brought to a close by giving a statement as to 
what position the First Reformed Church takes regarding the Christi¬ 
an religion. We adhere to the Bible in its entirety as God’s revela¬ 
tion to man. We hold fast to the whole body of doctrines as con¬ 
tained in Sacred Writ, briefly stated in our undoubted articles of 
Christian faith—the Apostles’ Creed, according to which there is but 
one way of salvation—the way of the cross. We hold aloof from the 
idea that God should in any way compromise with the world. We 
believe in the power of the Gospel, as being “an engrafted word able 
to save our souls”, and that “it shall not return void, but it shall ac¬ 
complish that which the Lord please”. For this reason we lay great 
stress on the religious instruction of the youth, and the expounding 
of the Scriptures at all our services. 



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The Porterfield Church 



THE NEW CHURCH 
Built During 1919-20 



WHERE THE CONGREGATION WORSHIPPED UNTIL 1919 

The congregation at Porterfield, Wis., was organized Oct. 21, 1900. 
Since July 1, 1903 it has been affiliated with the Green Bay Reformed 
church constituting one charge. It now numbers 50 communicant 
members. 










The Sundai^School Scholars present Rlai) 13, 1923 



2 <» 


PRESENT OFFICERS OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOL 
Mr. W. E. Bodart, Superintendent; Miss Florence Hansen, Secre¬ 
tary; Miss Charlotte Mahnke, Treasurer; Miss Gertrude Goethe, 
Pianist, 


























PRESENT MEMBERS 
CLASS I 

Gertrude Goethe—teacher 

Robert Frisque 

Kenneth Moyer 

Billie Hansen 

Dorthy Lefevre 

Louis Petri 

Ruth Reinhard 

John Buehrer 

Fremond Petri 

Anna Johnson 

Gladys Frisque 

CLASS III 

Charlotte Mahnke—teacher 
Esther Wintgens 
Leslie Dietrich 
Margaret Petri 
Dorthy Hansen 
Inez Braun 
Herbert Staniske 
Evelyn Kress 
Leola Schumacher 

CLASS V 

Mabel Gustavson—(teacher 
Velma Pierce 
Florence Hansen 
Esther Kihlberg 
Marion Pazourek 
Florence Gustavson 
Margaret Gougard 
Karen Carlson 
Grata Carlson 
Henrietta Wintgens 


OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOL 

CLASS II 
Martha Goethe—teacher 
Carlton Lefevre 
Verna Larsen 
Olive Gaecke 
Earl VanderLin 
Loyd Lyiie 
Francis Zell 
Robert Hansen 
Ruth Staniske 
Joyce Kress 

CLASS IV 

Laura Rolewitch—teacher 
Roy Schumacher 
Edwin Lytie 
Morris Lyiie 
Clarence Staniske 
Ralph Frisque 
Florentine Frisque 
Elmer Dost 
Kenneth Schroeder 

CLASS VI 

Mr. W. E. Bodart—teacher 

Florence Hintz 

Albin Demain 

Theadore Dost 

Ella Frisque 

Oliver Lytie 

Ethelyn Remich 

Mrs. W. E. Bodart 

Roy Hansen 


CLASS VII. Rev. E. Buehrer, teacher; Mrs. Hans C. Hanson, Ass. 
teacher. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Vincent, Mrs. Wrn. Braun, Mr. and Mrs, 
Walter Goethe, Mr. and Mrs. Hans Hansen, Mr. and Mrs. Jos. 
Pazourek, Mrs. Martha Goethe, Mr. and Mrs. Osar Staniske, Mr. and 
Mrs. John Otto, Mr. and Mrs. Chas, Mahnke, Mrs. Geo, Frisque, Mr. 
and Mrs. Robert Dost, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Schroeder, Mrs. E. Buehrer, 
Mrs. Anton Remich. The Sunday School has also a Cradle-Boll of nine 


members. Mrs. Robert Dost is Cradle-Roll Superintendent. 


SHORT HISTORY OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOL 

The history of the Sunday School dates back as far as the history 
of the church. Our forefathers recognized that the welfare of the 
congregation depends in a great measure upon the religious instruc¬ 
tion of the youth. Ever since the church was built, the Sunday School 
has kept up its work regularly every Sunday. Up to the year 1906 
the German language was employed. Rev. Ulrich introduced the 
English language during that year, and since then it has become nec¬ 
essary to employ it altogether. Under Rev. Ulrich the S. S. made 
considerable progress. Every pastor since labored hard to improve 
the work. At present the S. S. enjoys the privilege of having a well 
qualified and diligent Superintendent and a good force of teachers, 
who are always at their post every Sunday. During the past year 
special efforts were put forth to increase the membership, and by 
this effort the membership was brought up to 82 members. The S. S. 
is still weak in one respect, and that is, the irregular attendance on 
the part of some of the members, but it is hoped that also this will be 
remedied in the near future. The work, however, is hs*idicapped by 
the lack of room ifor the classes. As special work of tKe S. S. may be 
mentioned that some years ago it started a fund to help liquidate the 
church debt. Thus far this fund has paid $500. At present besides 
paying $100 a year on the debt thru this fund, the S. S. has taken over 
the congregation’s quota for the Orphan’ Home. 

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THE LADIES' AID SOCIETY 



Members of the Society 


Back Row: Mrs. F. Rolewitch, Mrs. Martha Goethe, Mrs. Joseph Paz- 
curek, Mrs. Edward Schroeder, Mrs. Gus Lefevre, Mrs. E. Buehrer, 
Mrs. John Otto. 

Front Row: Mrs. James Nichol, Mrs. Hans C. Hansen, treasurer, Mrs, 
Robert Dost, Vice-President, Mr. Otto Hintz, President, Mrs. Wm, 
Braun, Secretary, Mrs. Frank Kress. 

The Ladies’ Aid as an organization is older than the congre¬ 
gation. It was organized Oct. 1, 1902. Five women were present at 
the time and Mrs. F. Krieiger was its first president. This society has 
had a ccntinuius existence thruout all the years of the history of the 
church. The organization in its character has remained practically 
the same during its whole history. It met once a month mostly for 
business and social purpose. It has in all these years given the 
church much assistance, epecially in a financial way. From 1914 to 
1918 its receipts were $450.00; during the years since then they were 
$800.00. In the past four years the Ladies’ Aid paid $200 on the church 
debt, $210 for painting, repairing and redecorating the church, $283. 
for the new pavement on Pine St., $80 for fixing up the parsonage, 
and $127 for janitor and other expanses. There was a time in the 
history of the society when it resorted to sales and suppers, etc., to 
raise money, but at present it is fulfilling its mission without them. 

The Ladies’ Aid still meets once a month. The meetings are op¬ 
ened with a devotional service, consisting of Scripture-reading, songs 
and prayer. Usually also a religious article is read by sonne one. The 
rest of the meeting is devoted to business and a social hour. 

Thruout the records of the Ladies’ Aid appear repeatedly some 
names of faithful women, who followed after the Lord, administer¬ 
ing unto the needs of the saints. Unto them is due a tribute for the 
strong perseverance of the church during its dark hours. Happy is 
the church that has its faithful Marys, Marthas and Magdalenes. 


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WOMEN’S MISSIONARY SOCIETY 



MEETING OF THE WOMEN’S MISSIONARY SOCIETY, APRIL, 1923 

The Women’s Missionary Society was started by Rev. A. Stien- 
ecker at the home of Mrs. Hans Hansen March 23, 1918, at which 

meeting 38 ladies were present. The purpose of the society was to 
promote missionary knowledge and to participate in a greater 
measure in the actual missionary work of our denomination. The 
first officers were: Pres.—Mrs. Robert Dost, Sec.—Mrs. A. Stieneck- 
er, Treas.—Mrs. Hans Hansen. The society meets every month and 
at each meeting a definite missionary program is rendered and a mis¬ 
sionary offering taken. During the history of the society only slight 
changes in the nature of the programs were made. November 20, 
1919, the society was properly organized with 18 members joining. 
At the March meeting in 1923 the rule regarding membership was 
changed to the effect, that every woman in the congregation be con¬ 
sidered a member of the society, and such others who desire to be¬ 
come members, tho they be no members of ithe church, may become 
such by the vote of the society. A special committee is annually ap¬ 
pointed to arrange the programs, and every member of the society is 
asked to /take part on some program during each year. For each 
meeting the committee names one leader and two readers. The pres¬ 
ent officrs are: Pres.—Mrs. E. Buehrer, Vice-pres.—Mrs. Win. Braun, 
Sec.—Mrs. Hans Hansen, and Treas.—Mrs. Charles Mahnke. 

During Rev. A. Stienecker and Rev. J. Beck’s pastorate $91.00 
w r ere taken in, and $55.00 were contributed to missions. During the 
present pastorate $253.00 were taken in, of which amount $10.00 were 
given to Indian Missions, $30.00 to Home Missions, and $200.00 to For¬ 
eign Missions. The total income was $344.00 and the total amount giv¬ 
en to (missions is $295.00. At present there are still $40.00 in the 
treasury. As a future goal the society has taken over the congrega¬ 
tion’s full quota for Foreign Missions. 

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THE CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR SOCIETY 



OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY 

Laura Rolewitch, President; Roy Hansen* Yice-Pres.; Marion 
Pazourek, Secretary; Martha Goethe* Treasurer. 

COMMITTEES OF THE SOCIETY 

Prayer Meeting* Missionary* Lookout, Music, FLower and Enter¬ 
tainment. 


Present Members of the C. E. Society 

Rev. E. Buehrer* Ml-s. E. Buehrer, W. E. Bodart, Mrs, W, E, Bo- 
dlart, Elmer Dost, Theadore Dost, Ella Frisque, Florentine Frisque, 
Gertrude Goethe, Herbert Goethe, Mrs. Herbert Goethe, Martha Goethe, 
Walter Goethe, Mrs. W. Goethe, Mabel Gustavson, Florence Hansen, 
Harold Hansen, Roy Hansen, Edwin Lytie, Morris Lytie, Oliver Lytie, 
Charlotte Mahnke, Gladys Pazourek, Marion Pazourek, Ethelyn Rem- 
ich, Walter Remich, Laura Rolewitch, Roy Schumacher, Frank Vin¬ 
cent, Mrs. F, Vincent. 


In the year 1909 Rev. Geo. Ulrich organized a Young Peoples’ So¬ 
ciety to which all confirmed young folks should belong. This society 
met once a month at the homes of its members. These meetings were 
opened with a short service and followed by the business and a social 
hour. During Rev. P. Grosshuesch’s pastorate the society began to 
meet also every Sunday evening with a program of the nature of Mis¬ 
sion Study Class. During Rev. A, Stienecker’s pastorate this society 
v r as reorganized into a Christian Endeavor Society, adopting the reg¬ 
ular C. E. programs. Since that time the C. E. has been a flourishing 
and active society. Besides promulgating religious knowledge and 
furthering Christian fellowship, the society has been active in mis¬ 
sionary work and in helping the congregation in its needs. Before 
the church property w r as bought .the society helped in working up the 
church fund, and since it has .purchased a Starr piano. Since two 
years ago the society has been taking over the congregation’s quota 
for Ministerial Relief, Indian Missions, and Education. 


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THE CHOIR 



Members of the Choir 

Back Row: Roy Hansen (T), Frank Vincent (B), Oliver Lytic (B), 
Rev. E. Buehrer, leader and accompanist. 

Middle Row: Gertrude Goethe (S), Ethelyn Remich (S), Laura 
Rolewitch (S) Mabel Gustavson (S), Mrs. Max Gounard (A), Mrs. 

E. Buehrer (S). 

Front Row: W. E. Bodart (T), Florence Hansen (S), Theo Dost (T), 

Marion Pazourek (S), Charlotte Mahnke (A). 

Not Present When Picture Was Taken: Mrs. Russell Moyer (A), Kar¬ 
en Carlson (A), Grata Carlson (S). 

It would be very difficult to give a history of the choir, because 
It never was a permanent organization in the congregation. During 
the greater part of the history of the church, however, some of the 
young people (and at times also assisted by older members), either 
as a choir or by rendering solos, duets, etc. took part in the public 
services of the church. Special credit, tho, is due to some of the 
young ladies who met regularly -to prepare special music for every 
Sunday. 

During this last pastorate the congregation has had a permanent 
mixed choir averaging about twelve voices. The present choir has 
made considerable progress in classic anthem music. It enjoys hav¬ 
ing now about 50 classic anthems in its repertoire; in all it has some 
70 anthems besides Kessel’s volume “Songs of Zion” in its pos¬ 
session; 30 of these it collected into a volume and had it bound, the 
rest may be collected this summer. We mention some of the choir’s 
favorites: “Glorious is Thy Name” (12th Mass)—Mozart, “Hallelu¬ 

jah” and “Oh, Tryumph all ye Ransomed” (Engedi)-Beethoven, “Halle¬ 
lujah” (Messiah)—Haendel, “Holy Art Thou” (Largo-Xerxes)—Haen- 
del, “Sanctus” (St. Secilia) and “O Divine Redeemer”—-Gounod, “The 
Lost Sheep” and “Oh for a closer Walk with God”—Foster, “Come un¬ 
to Me” and “Who is He that Cometh from Edom?”—Tebbs, “Lord, 
when my Raptured Thought,” and “Hark, hark my Soul”—Beetho¬ 
ven, “Lead, kindly Light”—VanLaer, “Christ, our Passover”—by Haydn 
and also by Vogrieh, etc. The congregation pays $15 annually for the 
purchase of anthem music. 

The aims of the choir: Not to entertain the congregation, but to 
lead it in one of the highest forms of religious worship—to sing unto 
te Lord. The anthems used must have either a Biblical or a purely 
sacred text. The music to which the words are wedded must be of 
a highly religious character. 


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Present members and Their Address 


Andierson Anna, Bay View Beach 

Bodart, Mrs. Mary, 1334 ~St. Clair 
* ■ 

Bodart, W. E., 618 N. Chestnut 
Mrs. W. E. 

Braun, William, 719 S. Webster 
Mrs. William 

Buehrer, Mrs. E., 220 N. Webster 

Carlson, Karen, 1634 Main 
Grata 

Demain, Albin, 1138 Day 

Dietrich, Mrs. R. 1238 St. Clair 
Irwin 
Erdine 
Elenore 

Dost Robert, 224 N. Irwin 
Mrs. Rcfo. 

Theadore 

Elmer 

Gaecke, John 
Mrs. John 

Gc-e-the, Mrs. Martha, 1140 Willow 
Gertrude 
Martha 

Goethe, Herbert, 1334 Willow 
Mrs. Herbert 

Goethe, Walter, 1366 Willow 
Mrs. Walter 

Gougnard, Max, 114 Smith 
Mrs. Max 

Frisque, George, Eastman Ave. 
Mrs. George 
Ella 

Florentine 

Hansen, Hans C., 1310 St. Clair 
Mrs. Hans 
Roy 
Harold 
Florence 

Hansen, John, 124 S. Irwin 
Mrs. John 

Hintz, Otto, 313 St. George 
Mrs. Otto 
Harland 
Myron 
Florence 

Johnson, Mrs. Axle, 1321 St. Clair 

Kapp, Mrs. R. 1372 4th St., 

Columbus, Ohio 


Kraft, William, 1323 Doty 
Mrs. Win. 

Kress, Frank, 1156 Crooks 
Mrs. Frank 
George 
Melvin 

Larson, Mrs. Alma, 1323 Doty 

Lytie, Gilbert, 1501 Harvey 
Mrs. Gilbert 
Oliver 
Edwin 
Morris 

Mahnke, Charles, 1369 Cherry 
Mrs. Chas. 

Charlotte 

Moyer, Mrs. Russel, 1369 Cherry 

Xichol, James, 212 N. Roosevelt 
Mrs. James 

Otto, John, 1031 Dousman 
Mrs. John 

Pazourek, Joseph, 1002 Harvey 
Mrs. Joseph 
Gladys 
Marion 

Peri, Ruben, 314 Fink 
Mrs. Ruben 

Remich, Mrs. Anton, 1146 Willow 
Ethelyn 
Walter 

Rolewitch, Mrs. F., 618 Chestnut 
Laura 

Schroeder, Edward, 1011 Dc*y 
Mrs. Ed. 

Kenneth 

Schumacher, Mrs. E. 1020 Harvey 
Roy 

Staniske, Oscar, 927 N. Broadway 
Mrs. Oscar 

Sweet, Mrs. Eugene 

Vincent, Frank, 1012 Day 
Mrs. Frank 

Werndli, Clarence, 1236 Elm 

Wintgens, Mrs. Wm., R. F. D. No, 3 
Ida 

Henrietta 

Nighorn, Louis, R. F. D. No. 7 
Mrs. Louis 


Kraft, Mrs Bertha, 1323 Doty 

Total Communicant Membership is now 95. 
32 


Confirmation Classes in the Past 20 l]ears 


May 22, 1904 

1 Johann Morris Krieger 

April 16, 1905 

2 Arthur W. Giersbach 

3 Mathihle M. B. Kraft 

April 8, 1906 

4 Friedrich Salas Krieger 

5 Oleta Sophia Rolewitch 

6 Hedwig Marie Clara Mahnke 

7 Irene Amelia Scheibe 

3 Alma Johanna Marie Kraft 

March 24, 1907 

9 Julius Wilhelm Wintgens 

10 Chester Eugene Hansen 

11 Ella M. Magdalene Mahnke 

12 Ella Thompson 

Dec. 22, 1907 

13 Clarence Grover Hansen 

14 Edward Eddie Qansen 

April 12, 1908 

15 Lena Alma Stern 

16 Selma Alwine Fried erike Ki 


March 16, 1913 

40 Rose Marie Hansen 

41 Edwin Louis Petri 

42* Raymond Norman Kaye 

43 Harold Karl Hintz 

44 Edward Leslie Kraneskc 

45 Walter Louis Anton Remich 

Dec. 20, 1913 

46 Mrs. Wm. Wintgens, Jr. 

47 John Gaecke 

May 23, 1915 

48 Narcisse Dost 

49 Herbert Goethe 

50 Myron Hintz 

51 Alden Huybrecht 

52 Arthur Priewe 

April 16, 1916 

53 Harold E. Hansen 

54 George F. L. Kress 

55 Earnest Wintgens 

56 Gladys M. Pazourek 

57 Elinore L. Fahl 

1 April 1, 1917 


June 7, 1908 

17 Anton John Hamacliek 

18 Lydia E. Barbara Hamachek 


Martha L. Goethe 
Charlotte L. Mahnke 

March 31, 1918 


19 

20 
21 
22 

23 

24 

25 

26 


27 

28 
29 


30 

31 

32 

33 

34 

35 

36 

37 


38 

39 


April 4, 1909 60 

Benjamin Herber W. Thompson^! 
Arthur Emil Hansen 
Harry Carl Giersbach 
Lina Wintgens 
Elsie Viola Rolewitch 
Anna Amalia Anderson 
Henrietta Jensene Hansen 
Victorine Josephine J. Bodart 


62 

63 

64 

65 

66 


67 

68 


March 20, 1910 

Siml Julius Kraft 
Toldine Johanne Caroline Quadi 
Gertrude Cora Amalia Goefhe ^ 
April 9, 1911 

Valter Louis Goethe 
Wilhelm Martin Kraft 
\ugusl Elmer Bodart 
Gustav Heinrich Wintgens 
Floy Sofies Hansen 
Lily Elenor Kaye 
Edna Louise Hintz 
Laura Henrietta Rolewitch 


70 

71 

72 

73 

74 


March 31, 1912 

iladys Irene Zinser 
da Margaretha Wintgens 


75 

76 

77 

78 

79 

80 

33 


Theadore Dost 
Melvin Kress 
Ervin Dietrich 
Erdine Dietrich 
Florence Hintz 
Lillian Demain 
Lucille Stern 

June 8, 1919 

Albin Demain 
Ella Frisque 

May 15, 1921 

Elenora Maria Dietrich 
Marion Magdalene Pazourek 
Florence Lydia Hansen 
Grata Linnea Carlson 
Karen Elvira Carlson 
Henrietta Maria Anna Winlgens 

April 1, 1923 

Edwin Gilbert Lytie 
Morris Bennet Lytie 
Florentine Frisque 
Kenneth Hieronymus Schroeder 
Roy Ludwig Schumacher 
Elmer August Mark Dost 


No. 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 
9 

10 

11 

12 

13 

14 

15 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20 
21 
22 

23 

24 

25 

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31 

32 

33 
34' 

35 

36 

37 

38 

39 

40 

41 

42 

43 

44 

45 

46 

47 

48 

49 

50 

51 

52 

53 

54 

55 

56 

57 

58 

59 

60 


Baptisms Daring the Past 20 l]ears 

Born Baptized 

George IFriederich Louis Kress_Sep. 15, 1903 Oct. 4, 1903 

Clara Elisabeth Rusterholz_Apr. 18, 1904 Jun. 24, 1904 

Mildred Hazel Lorine Kaye —Sep. 4, 1904 Sep. 25, 1904 

Melvin August Echard Kress__Jan. 8, 1905 Feb. 12, 1905 

Wilhelm Hermann Giersbach__Jan. 6, 1905 Feb. 19, 1905 

Laura Mildred Jungbut __May 11, 1905 June 18, 1905 

Mildred Anna Maria Zwiener_May 27, 1905 July 2, 1905 

Karl Alfred Johannes Priewe.._Aug. 27, 1905 Oct. 8, 1905 

Florence Lydia Hansen __May 19, 1906 June 7, 1903 

Melvin Erich Giersbach_Oct. 20, 1906 Nov. 4, 1906 

Rubin James Wirth__._Nov. 5, 1905 Feb. 22, 1908 

Henrietta Maria Anna WintgensMarch 30, 1908 May 24, 1908 
Hertha C. M. Priewe July 1, 1908 Aug. 23, 1908 

Roland Howard Jensen _Nov. 8, 1908 Nov. 30, 1908 

Elmer August Mark Dost __Nov. 8, 1908 Dec. 13, 1908 

Benjaimdn H. W. Thompson.—Jan. 27, 1905 Jan. 1, 1909 

Richard Norman Thompson __Sep. 3, 1907 Jan. 1, 1909 

Edrie Caroline W. Moers-Apr. 11, 1907 Jan. 9, 1909 

Caroline Anna Hamachek _Jan. 28, 1909 Jan. 28, 1909 

Frank A. Hamachek _.Nov. 21, 1881 April 11, 1909 

Arline Dorthy Kaye--April 10, 1909 April 28, 1909 

Gladys Evelyn Pangier _Feb. 5, 1910 Feb. 22, 1910 

Gladys Marie Pazourek_-Mar. 18, 1903 Mar. 20, 1910 

Marion Madeline Pazourek-Oct. 6, 1906 Mar. 20, 1910 

Lester George Eisenman-n __Nov. 13, 1909 Nov. 1, 1910 

Walter Howard Paul Ulrich_Jun. 20, 1910 July 10, 1910 

Bernice Evelyn Kaye -June 11, 1911 June 24, 1911 

Hilbert H. W. Eisenmann-Dec. 10, 1910 June 25, 1911 

Lucile Marie Stern _ Aug. 10, 1904 June 25, 1911 

Karl Stenzel _Aug. 21, 1911 Sep. 10, 1911 

Rcbert David Jerome Baldwin.Nov. 7, 1911 Feb. 7, 1912 

Inez Henrietta Marie Braun_Sep. 5, 1911 Mar. 10, 1912 

Martin M. Heinrich Schinche—Mar. 25,1912 May 5, 1912 

Joseph Arthur Liska --April 23, 1912 May 13, 1912 

Hazel Mildred Jensen_Jan. 29, 1912 June 13, 1912 

Harold Clarence Eisenmann-March 15, 1912 Dec. 8, 1912 

Ruthie Victoria Demain _Oct. 10, 1912 Dec. 29, 1912 

Erna Lillian Thompson __Sep. 2, 1912 Jan. 1, 1913 

Margaretta Emilia Petri -Dec. 7, 1912 April ,6 1913 

Evelyn May Kress-May 24, 1913 June 22, 1913 

Beulah Jani Gaecke --Aug. 29, 1913 Sep. 21, 1913 

Esther M. E. Eisenmann_Nov. 11, 1913 Mar. 22, 1914 

Frank Edward Kress -June 27, 1914 July 19, 1914 

Clifford Clarence Hansen_.-May 24, 1914 Sep. 28, 1914 

Emma Stenzel --Aug. 16, 1914 Oot. 4, 1914 

Robert Walter Frisque _Aug. 18, 1914 Nov. 18, 1914 

Ernst Walter Stienecker-Dec. 31, 1914 Jan. 8, 1915 

Louis Ruben Petri_Nov. 9, 1914 Jan. 19, 1915 

Olive Marjorie Gaecke-Jan. 12, 1915 Feb. 14, 1915 

Erich Wilhelm Walter Priewe_Feb. 21, 1915 April 4, 1915 

Otto Daniel Harry Weisgerber_Sep. 8, 1913 Aug. 29, 1915 

Arthur Peter A. Weisgerber—July 18, 1915 Aug. 29, 1915 

Florence Lillian Anna Popp —June 17, 1915 Aug. 29, 1915 

Joice Anna Kress --Aug. 21, 1915 Sep. 19, 1915 

Romelda Fern Christensen —.July 31, 1915 Nov. 14, 1915 

Willard Felix Demain -July 20, 1915 Dec. 12, 1915 

Evelyn May Wintgens -Nov. 9, 1915 Dec. 12, 1915 

Glyn. Perry Sweet -Jan. 6, 1916 Mar. 25, 1916 

Lucile Anna Schmidt-April 17, 1916 May 10, 1916 

Freeman Fred Petri-Sep. 27, 1916 Sep. 29, 1916 


34 

























BAPTISMS DURING THE PAST TWENTY YEARS 


i 


No. 


Born 


Baptized 


61 Romelda Dorthea Kress __Mar. 22, 1917 

62 Adclphine Minnie D-emain_.Feb. 19, 1917 

63 Clarence Lcuis Weisgerber_June 25, 1917 

64 Kenneth Russel Moyer_Dec. 20, 1917 

65 Earl Eugene Sweet____Jan. 15, 1918 

66 Ruben Edwin Petri_March 4, 1919 

67 Carl Adam Younkel _.June 24, 1919 

6*8 Esfehr Matilda Younkel _May 27, 1917 

69 Marlen Guy Sweet _June 14, 1919 

70 Frederick Franklin Kress __Aug. 6, 1919 

71 Roland Emerson Moyer_July 24, 1919 

72 Poul Emil Buehrer__Mar. 25, 1920 

73 Dorthy Jane Martha Goethe_April 29, 1920 

74 Janet Florence Guslavson __July 1, 1920 

75 Vernon Herbert Sweet_June 3, 1921 

76 Jean Marie Goethe __Aug. 22, 1921 

77 John Kernin Nichol __Feb. 1, 1922 

78 Arline Marguerete G. Goethe --June 15, 1922 

79 Harriet Ruth Johnson_.-June 21, 1922 

80 Donald William Vincent_March 30, 1923 


May 20, 1917 
July 22, 1917 
Aug. 16, 1917 
Jan. 6, 1918 
April 14, 1918 
March 6, 1919 
Aug. 3, 1919 
Aug. 3, 1919 
Aug. 24, 1919 
Oct. 5, 1919 
Oct. 5, 1919 
May 16, 1920 
May 23, 1920 
July 17, 1921 
Sep. 26, 1921 
Oct. 6, 1921 
April 15, 1922 
Aug. 24, 1922 
Sep. 30, 1922 
May 20, 1923 


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No. When Joined 

1 Fred C. Krieger_June 13, 1903 

2 Mrs. F. C. Krieger -June 13,1903 

3 Cecil Krieger_Tune 13, 1903 

4 Carrol Krieger __June 13, 1903 

5 John Reichart_June 13, 1903 

6 Mrs. J. Reichart ..June 13, 1903 

7 August Draheim . .June 13, 1903 

8 Mrs. Aug. Draheim June 13, 1903 

9 Frank F. Kress __June 13, 1903 

10 Mrs. F. Kress_June 13, 1903 

11 Henry Treviranus -June 13,1903 

12 Herman Scheibe __June 13, 1903 

13 Mrs. Her. Scheibe June 13, 1903 

14 Mrs. E. Rusterholz July 20, 1903 

15 George Bierwind __Jan. 31, 1904 

16 Mrs. Geo. Bierwind Jan. 31, 1904 

17 Mrs. Elias Kaye __Jan. 31, 1904 

18 Mrs. Wm. Wintgens Jan. 31, 1904 

19 Mrs. Geo. Lenz_.Feb. 7, 1904 

20 Wilhelm Giersbach Apr. 3, 1904 

21 Mrs. Wm. Giersbach Apr. 3, 1904 

22 Andreas Heyer . .April 3, 1904 

23 Mrs. Andreas Heyer Apr. 3, 1904 

24 Julius Kraft _Apr. 24, 1904 

25 Mrs. Bertha Kraft April 24, 1904 

26 Hedwig Kraft _Apr. 24, 1904 

27 Anna Kraft_Apr. 24, 1904 

28 Ida Kraft_Apr. 24, 1904 

29 Heriman Kraft __Apr. 24, 1904 

30 Albert Kraft_Apr. 24, 1904 

31 Johannes Krieger May 22, 1904 

32 Mrs. Maria Jungblut July 10,1904 

33 Mrs. M. Browns ..Sept. 18, 1904 

34 Mrs. E. Schwartz__ Dec. 5, 1904 

35 Wilhelm Speck_Jan. 1, 1905 

36 Clara Speck—Jan. 1, 1905 

37 Emma Speck-Jan. 1, 1905 

38 Wilhelm Priewe__ Jan. 15, 1905 

89 Minnie Priewe__ Jan. 15, 1905 

40 Arthur Giersbach-_ Apr. 16, 1905 

41 Matilde Kraft_Apr. 16, 1905 

42 Nina Schwartz_Apr. 16, 1905 

43 Conrad Schreck ..June 15, 1905 

44 Lewis Ernich_Dec. 10, 1905 

45__Frank Rolewitch —Jan. 1, 1906 


When Joined 
Mrs. F. Rolewitch.. Jan. 1, 1906 
Friedrich Krieger._ Apr. 8, 1906 

Oleta Rolewitch_Apr. 8, 1906 

Hedwig Mahnke ..Apr. 8, 1906 

Irene Scheibe_Apr. 8, 1906 

Alma Kraft __April 8, 1906 

Hans Chri. Hansen Feb. 3, 1907 
Mrs. Hans Hansen Feb. 3, 1907 
Chris. Thompson Feb. 17, 1907 
Mrs. C. Thompson Feb 17, 1907 
Ella Thompson.-. Mar. 24, 1907 

Ella Mahnke_March 24, 1907 

Chester Hansen Mar. 24, 1907 
W. Wintgens, Jr. |Mar. 24, 1907 
Christ B. Hansen.. July 7, 1907 
Mrs. Christ Hansen July 7, 1907 
Charles Jensen.. July 21, 1907 
Mrs. Chas. Jensen July 21, 1907 
Clarence Hansen Dec. 22, 1907 
Edward Clansen. Dec. 22, 1907 
Lena Alma Stern April 12, 1908 

Selma Kraft_April 12, 1908 

Robert Dost_April 12, 1908 

Mrs. Robert Dost April 12, 1908 

Henry Goethe_April 12, 1908 

Mrs. Henry Goethe Apr. 12, 1908 
Anton Haimiachek. June 7, 1908 
Mrs. A. Hamacheck June 7, 1908 
Ben. Thompson.. April 4, 1909 

Arthur Hansen_April 4, 1909 

Harry Giersbach. April 4, 1909 

Lina Wingens_April 4, 1909 

Elsie Rolewitch _ .April 4, 1909 
Anna Anderson __April 4, 1909 
Herietta Hansen ..April 4, 1909 
Victorine Bodart . .April 4, 1909 
Frank Hamacheck Apr. 11, 1909 

William Braun._Jan. 1, 1910 

Mrs. Wm. Braun_Jan. 1, 1910 

Joseph Pazourek Mar. 20, 1910 
Mrs. Jos. Pazourex Mar. l* 0, 1910 
20, 1910 
Mar. 20, 1910 
Hold'ine Quadi ..Mar. 20, 1910 
90 Gerturde Goethe . .Mar. 20, 1910 


REGISTRY OF MEMBERS SINCE JUNE 13, 1903 

No, 

46 

47 

48 

49 

50 

51 

52 

53 

54 

55 

56 

57 

58 

59 

60 
61 
62 

63 

64 

65 

66 

67 

68 

69 

70 

71 

72 

73 

74 

75 

76 

77 

78 

79 

80 
81 
82 

83 

84 

85 

86 

87 Mrs. Mary Bodart Mar 

88 Emil Kraft 

89 


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No. 

91 

92 

93 

94 

95 

96 

97 

98 

99 

100 
101 
102 

103 

104 

105 

106 

107 

108 

109 

110 
111 
112 

113 

114 

115 

116 

117 

118 

119 

120 
121 
122 

123 

124 

125 

126 

127 

128 

129 

130 

131 

132 

133 

134 

135 

136 


REGISTRY OF MEMBERS SINCE JUNE 13th, 1903 

When Joined No. When Joined 

Albert Stern _.Jan. 1 , 1911 137 George Kress_April 16. 1916 

Mrs. Tom Patten.. Jan. 17, 1911 138 Gladys Pazourek April 16, 1916 

Waller Goethe_Apr. 9, 1911 139 Elinore FahJ_April 16, 1916 

Wilhelm Kraft..__ Apr. 9, 1911 140 Oscar Staniske.. Oct. 15, 1916 

Aug. Elmer Bodart Apr. 9, 1911 141 Mrs. Osc. Staniske, Oct. 15,1916 

Gus. H. Winttgens.. Apr. 9, 1911 142 Martha Goethe.. April 1 , 1917 

Roy Hansen_Apr. 9, 19911 143 Charlotte Mahnke Apr. 1, 1917 

Lilly Kaye_Apr. 9, 1911 144 Ed. Schroeder_Mar. 25, 1918 

Edna Hintz __Apr. 9, 1911 145 Mrs. E. Schroeder Mar. 25, 1918 

Laura Rolewitch Apr. 9, 1911 146 Mrs Rob. Dietrich Mar 25, 1918 

Leo Stenzel _Oct 1911 147 Theadore Dost. Mar. 21 , 1918 

Mrs. Leo Stenzel_Oct. 1911 148 Melvin Kress_Mar. 21, 1918 

Oscar Schmahl Dec. 25, 1911 149 Ervin Dietrich.. Mar. 21, 1918 
Mrs. Os. Sclhimahl Dec. 25, 1911 150 Erdine Dietrich Mar. 21 , 1918 
Ruben Petri ..__Dec, 25, 1911 151 Florence Hintz_ Mar. 21, 1918 
Mrs. Ruben Petri Dec. 25, 1911 152 Mabel Gustavson July 11, 1017 
Mrs. Kraveski __Dec. 25, 1911 153 Lillian Demain Mar. 21, 1918 

Naumann-.Feb. 18, 1912 154 Lucille Stern __Mar. 21, 1918 

Mrs. Naumann._ Feb. 18, 1912 156 Mrs. E. Buehrer_Dec. 1918 

Gladys Zinser . .Mar. 21, 1912 156 Albin Demain_June 8 , 1919 

Ida Wintgens_Mar. 21 , 1912 157 Ella Frisque__ June 8 , 1919 

Samuel Demain __Aug. 18, 1912 158 Charles Mahnke.. May 9, 1920 

Mrs. Sam. Demain Aim 18 1 Q 19 150 John 0tto -May 9 > 1920 

vf ^ , t 7 g * 160 Mrs John Otto_May 9, 1920 

Mrs. Frank Kress Sept. 15, 1912 161 Frank Vincent... May 9, 1920 

Mrs. Anton Remich Jan. 1 , 1913 162 W. E. Bodart_Jan. 1, 1921 

Mrs rhas Vnhnhn To,/ / in,o 163 Oliver Lytie-Jan. 23, 1921 

mrs. '-Has. Mahnke Jan. 1 , 1913 164 Elenore Dietrich May 15, 1921 

Ethelyn Remich.. Jan. 1 , 1913 165 Marion Pazourek May 15, 1921 
Walter Remich Mar 16 iqiq 166 Florence Hansen May 15, 1921 
to r. " V, Z 167 Grata Carlson ..__May 15, 1921 

Rose Hansen-Mar. 16, 1913 168 Karen Carlson ..May 15, 1921 

Edwin Petri-Mar. 16, 1913 169 Henrietta Wintgens May 15, 1921 

Raymond Kaye ..Mar. , 6 , 1913 ™ fc^sXchoTS It’, 111 

Harold Hintz-Mar. 16, 1913 172 Max Gougnard_May 15, 1921 

Edward Kraneske Mar. 16, 1913 l 78 Mrs. M. Gougnard May 15, 1921 

Otto Hintz_May 11 ,’ 1913 }?£ {? hn T Hans « n —- M*y 15 1921 

Af _ ... y * 15,10 17o Mrs. John Hansen May 15, 1921 

Mrs. O. Hintz— May 11 , 1913 176 |Mrs. Axle Johnson Dec. 12, 1922 

Mrs. Lardinois.. May 11 1913 177 A:d)ele Schumacher Dec. 24, 1922 

Mr, Winiffnne in ta on min i78 Mrs. Wtm. Kraft ..Dec. 24, 1922 
Mi s. Mintgens, Jr. Dec. 20, 1913 179 Mrs W. Goethe Mar. 29, 1923 

John Gaecke- Dec. 20, 1913 180 Edwin Lytie_April 1 , 1923 

Herbert Goethe.. May 23, 1915 Hi Morris Lytie April 1 , 1923 

Ahten Huybrecht May 23, 1915 J1 S^lchSr ^ \UI 

Myron Hintz-May 23, 1915 164 Elmer Dost_April 1 , 1923 

Arthur Priewe Mav 1915 H5 R °y Schumacher Apr. 1 , 1923 
n c4 . ‘ 00 ’ 186 George Frisque. April 1 , 1923 

Narcisse Dost ..May 23, 191o 187 Mrs. Geo. Frisque Apr. 1 , 1923 

Leo Rolewitch.. May 23, 1915 188 Gilbert Lytie..._ April 1 , 1923 

Harold Hansen -April 16, 1916 W,’ 111 

Earnest Wintgens April 16, 1916 191 Mrs. L. Nighorn June lo| 1923 

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Phone 720 2i3 N. Washington St. 


Buy your Dry Goods Ready to Wear 
Millinery at 

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DRY GOODS CO. 

















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